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| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Richard Blackburne|nick=Francis R. Blackburne|appt=1 November, 1886{{NLJan87|p. 229}}|end=30 June, 1887}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Dupuis|nick=Arthur E. Dupuis|appt=14 February, 1889{{NLJul90|p. 249}}|end=1 March, 1892}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Dupuis|nick=Arthur E. Dupuis|appt=14 February, 1889{{NLJul90|p. 249}}|end=1 March, 1892}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Borlase Warren|nick=John B. Warren|appt=1 March, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 253}}|end=1 April, 1893}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Borlase Warren|nick=John B. Warren|appt=1 March, 1892{{NLMar92|p. 253}}|end=1 April, 1893}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:37, 4 September 2019
| H.M.S. Shannon (1875) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 29 Aug, 1873[2] |
| Launched: | 11 Nov, 1875[3] |
| Commissioned: | 17 Sep, 1877[4] |
| Sold: | Dec, 1899[5] |
H.M.S. Shannon was completed in 1877 as the Royal Navy's first armoured cruiser.
Design & Construction
Service
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 6 August, 1885 with a crew turned over from the Template:UK-1Valiant for work with the Coast Guard Service in Bantry.[6]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William B. Grant, 17 July, 1877[7] – 19 July, 1879 (invalided)
- Captain Charles G. F. Knowles, 5 August, 1883[8]
- Captain Francis R. Blackburne, 1 November, 1886[9] – 30 June, 1887
- Captain Arthur E. Dupuis, 14 February, 1889[10] – 1 March, 1892
- Captain John B. Warren, 1 March, 1892[11] – 1 April, 1893
- Captain George W. Hand, 1 April, 1893 – 3 May, 1893
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 63.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 240.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1885) Corrected to 20 December, 1886. p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 253.
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